Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

.VOICES -: America's weekly motorcyclenewspaper l.eiters. to the editor:. . Volume XXXI Sharon Gayton, President Michael Klinger, Publishn' Editorial Paul Carruthers, Editor KitPalmer, Associate Editor Donn Maeda, Associate Editor ChrisJonnum, Associate Editor Scott Rousseau, Assistant Editor Graphics and Production ReeJohnson, Production Superoisor Mandy Loa, Production Manager DennisGreene, Lab Tech. . Stacey Guest, Graphic'Artist Amy Faught, Graphic Artist Administration Judy Klinger, Coordinator Peggy Rivera, Stcrdary to the Publisher Advertising . Terry Pratt, National Accounts Manager Mark Mitchell, Eastern Accounts Manager Mark Thome, Western Sales Manager Thomas Genter, Western Sales Mana ger Forrest Hayashi, Western Sales Manager Greg Mitchell, Eastern SalesManager Rick Matheny, Eastern Sales Mana ger Rhonda Crawford, Western Ad Coordinator Carla Allen, Eastern Ad Coordinator Want Ads Kelly Branscome, Want Ad Sales Marketing &< Promotion Mark Thome, Manager Dealer Sales Toni Kerr, Dealer Representatioe AccountingfDataProcessing Donna Bryan-Diamond, NR Coordinator Geneva Repass, Assistant Herlane Lewis, Cred it Circulation Rheba Smith, Manager Alma Anguiano, Processing Coordinator Pam Klein, Billing Coordinator Carol Begovic, Dealer Coordinator Kim Mazenko, Data Entry Coordinator Service and Support Chris Aitcheson, HeadquartersReceptionist Leonard Herring, Service and Support National Headquarters 2201 Cherry Ave., Long Beach, CA 90806, P.O.Box 498, Long Beach, CA 9080l-()498 (310) 427-7433; (213) 636-8844. FAX (310) 427~685 Eastern Office 4188 FirstAve., Tucker, GA, 30084 ; mailingaddress P.O.Box 80S, Tucker, GA 3OlJ85.0805. (404) 934-7850. FAX (404) 934-3112 Cycle New! (US1'S141·34O);s published weekly exceptlhe last two w~b of thecalendar year for$50.00 per year by Cycle New>, Inc.. 2201 O>errv Avenue. Long Beach, CA 90806. 5«ond class po5Ugopaid a' tong Beach, CA. Canada Post International PublicationsMail 1546615. POSl'MASTIIl: Send add.... chang.. 10Cycl. New>, P.O. Box498, Long Buell. CA 90801.c498. To dmrmjnr the npiration date of your sub8ai ption. ch«k th r fou r numMR on the fim: line of your Mldrns labe l, 11w firs t two disits indicate the bst w ur number you11 receiv e and the l.&!it two charadrn indicate the yeu of the lui iuue. Subscriptionrates: Ratesfor the United Statesand its p0ssessions for one year, (50 issues),SSO.OO; two yeaB (100 issues), $95.00;six months. (25 issu..). $2ti.OO; tri.1! sub (15issues) . .00;two SI9.oo. Canada and Foreign. one year (50issues). 590 .00; years (100 issoes~ 5175.00; six months (25 issues). $45 trial sub (15issues).$38 .00. Cycle Newswelcomes unsolicited editorial material including stories. cartoons, photos. etc. Suchmate1i.ll. if published. becomesthe exclusive property of CycleNews.Suchaccepted matmal is sub;ect to revision as is f'\fU'S.'iary in the soledeeretion of CycleNews. Unsolicited material which is not used will be returned if accompanied by a selfaddressed stamped envelope. All unsolicited material will be handled with reasonable care. however. CycleNews assumes no responsibility for the safety, 1 or damage to such material. Reprinting in 055 whole or part only by permission of the publisher. Advertising rates and circulation infonna tion will be sent upon request, See5.R.O.s. W~.8 ~cITffno>l Printed in U.S.A. 4 Co~yrigh.. CycleNews, Inc. 1994.Trad. m. k Cycl. News u fel\I. ' eied u.s. Pa'.n' Office.All rights reserved. - - Customer fo r life Recently I purchased a se t of Acerb is Rally handguards. I followed the ins tallation instructions and sp read open the aluminum triple clamp tha t attaches them to the handlebars . One side wen t right on, bu t the other side broke - p robab ly because I spread it too far. I we nt back to the dealer where I purchased the product and got nowhere. They were rude and not willing to help me. I then called Acerbis directly and talked to a gentleman named Paul. I explained my problem and the next day I had a new part delivered to me by priority mail - no questions asked . I installed the guards and think they are great. I don't know Paul's last name, bu t I'd like to say th an k you and tell Acerbis USA they h av e m a d e a customer for life. Scott Run tzel Oakhurst, CA Paul's last name is Threlkeld...Editor. Lack of concern? An A+? ...Not! I'd rate the safety personnel an d policy a t Lagu na Seca a D-. I was one of many spectators who w itnessed wha t looked like a serious lack of co ncern or d irection after a multi-bike crash in tu m four d uring the AMA U.s. Su perb ike National on May 22. One bike blew up, dumped oil leading into tu m fou r and crashed. Within a few seconds, three more bikes slid there and cras hed. On e rid er failed to get up. Really, guys, four b ikes down, an injured rider, and oil in the tum. Isn 't that enough to red flag the race? Apparen tly not. Pro tec tive ha y bales were p laced in front of the downed rider, a caution flag and "oil on the track" flag were being wa ved by two cornerworkers, but they were almost ou t of vision' of the riders approaching tu m four. Almost a full lap later, a fifth bike hi t the oil and crashed so hard we could actually hear his helmet hit the ground, and he la id there totally inert. The only fortunate thing so far is th a t the fifth rider mi ssed th e sedan that some b ra in -d ea d person parked to protect the first do wned rider, but in line of oncoming riders sliding off the tum . . Time was becom ing noticeably longer, but at least the race was fina lly stopped. Still no a m bulance. Th e firs t inju red rider was driven off in a tru ck after he was able to stand. The other injured rider, who still ha d not moved, was finally loaded into a lat e-arriv in g ambulance. With all the excellent, obvi ously prep lanne d , e ffi ci en t control by safety workers at today's racing facilities, that whi ch I saw at Laguna Seca in tum four was severely lacking. It was completely unnecessary for the last rider to slide off the tum. Donald W. Simone Fres no, CA Getting off one's duff I'm forwarding this belated thank you for the extended and great coverage of tri als th at you 've been d oing since the beginning of this year. You have always been one o f the few p eriodicals that have offered coverage of our sport, but lately the coverage has been exceptional - and I for one w ish to ge t of f my tail and let you kn ow it's appreciated. In the U.S., we just ha ven 't been able to ge t upto-the-minute new s p erta in in g to the World Championship rou nds other tha n a quick FAX fro m the factories, giving the first 10 places. I am, the refore, cha llenging the rest of the trials com munity to get off their duffs, as I d id, an d let Cycle News kn ow tha t it's appreci a te d. You trials buffs have always complain ed we d on 't get enough coverage in the "big" motor cycle media. Well, we're getting grea t cove rage in th e b est up-to-the-minute motorcycle new s in the world, so get off your bu ns and drop 'em a note. Bob Miller Sa n Luis Obispo, CA Viva Las Vegas What is the easiest way to catch a bu s to Las Vegas on the morning of Saturday, June II ? Th e supercross with the "Super-Jum p" would be worth the trip. Are there any tou rs go ing to the race? Cycle News is grea t - ke ep up th e good work. And Team Smit ty does not suck. Tom Marshall Canyon Co untry, CA We haven 't heard of any organized tours heading to Las Vegas, but buses do depart for "Sin City " on a dat1y basis...Editor. Chicanery fan I just finished reading "Chicanery" in th e May 25 issue of Cycle News. Give Abrams a raise. Jeff Shults Ellensb urg, WA No...Editor. GuffaWing I laughed m y ass off fo r at least five minu tes while reading Henry Ray Abrams' Chicanery about trying to buy a Ducati 955. The only other source of such guffawing on my part com es from the ep isodic diary of Team Sm itty. If your other readers don't fall ov er laughing from that believable article, maybe th ey aren 't 50-something with 3D-pl us years of riding and /or racing bik es like me. But, on a more serious not e, who said life is fair? Randy Dawes Yuba City, CA Wh atever you Henry...Editor. do, do n 't call him Letters to the editor s hould be sent to Voices, Cycle Ne ws, P.O. Box 498, Long Be a ch, CA 9080 6- 049 8 o r faxed to 310/427-6685. Published letlers do not necessa ril y reflect the p osition of Cycle News, Inc. Letters shoul d not exceed 200 words and all leiters are subj ect to edi ting. Anonymous letters will not be considered for p ub lic at io n. All letters should co n ta i n the write r's n am e, address and daytim e p hone number ... Ed itor. INSIDE",:·,,,'.;.;'. .I #22, June8, 1994 . ssue FEATURES DIRT TRACK Camlin com es of age at DuQuoin Mile 6 ENDURO Smith claims another victory at Olympia ISDE Qualifier Italians domina te home World End uro round 24 26 VINTAGE Same game for Roper, Mathews, Doughty at Grattan AH RMA events .32 ROAD RACING Doohan's the one at Austrian GP......14 Laguna Seca Endurance RR to Erion Racing 30 PROJECT BIKE Honda CR250 34 INTERVIEW Jeff Stan ton TEAM SMITIY _ MOTOCROSS Kiedrowski, Henry clean hou se at Mt, Morris Nat'! MX 10 OFF·ROAD Plessinger picks up Boyers, Pennsylvani a GNCC win TarrestopsalOsnabruck World Trial 18 22 28 DEPARTMENTS ON THE FRONT COVER _ 37 .38 EVENTS LEADERBOARD CALENDAR WANT ADS LOOKING BACK RACER X._ _ _ 49 .50 _ _ _ .57 71 71 KTM's Scott Plessinger is coming alive in the AMA Grand N ati on al C ro ss Country Series, havin g sco red a hardearned victory at ro und six in Boyers, Pennsylvania. Complete coverage of the event be gins on pa ge 22. Ph oto by Jim Talkington.

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